Machine for tagging plug-tobacco.



No. 628,746. Patented July II, 899. J. V. BOHANNAN.

MACHINE FOR TAGGING PLUG TOBACCO.

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J. V. BQHANNAN. MACHINE FOR'TAGGING PLUG TOBACCO.

(Application filed Mar. 13, 18994v (No Model.)

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No. 623,746. Patented July 1|, 1892.

J. v. BDHANNAN.

MACHINE FOR TAGGING PLUG TOBACCO.

(Application filed my. 13, 1899. n; No Model.)

5 Sheets-Sheet 3,

No. 628,746. Patented July -|I, I899.

J. V. BOHANNAN.

MACHINE FOR TAGGING PLUG TOBACCO,

(Application filed. Ma 13, 1899.

5 Sheets-$heett 4 -'N0 Modem N 23 74 Patented July ll, M899.

J. BOHANNAN.

MACHINE FOR TAGGING PLUG TOBACCO.

(Application filed Mar. 13, 1899.;

(No Model.)

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JENET"A VALENTINE BOHANNAN, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

MACHlNE FORTAGG lNG PLUG-TOBACCO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,746, dated July 11,1899.

Application filed March 13, 1899.

To all who/1t it may concern:

Be it known'that I, JENETTA VALENTINE BOHANNAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have inventedcertain new and useful Im-. provements in Machines for Tagging PlugTobacco; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in taggingmachines designedespecially for use in applying tags to plug-tobacco; and in carrying outthe present invention it is my purpose to produce a machine in which thetags are automatically picked up and conveyed to a suitable locationadjacent to the plug of tobacco, means being provided to hold the tagwhile being driven into the plug.

More specifically, my invention comprises a tagging-machine in which thetags are contained in one or more receptacles having each an inclinedwall, up which the tags are raised by a pusher-plate in each receptacleand caused to be deposited into slotted receptacles, which afterreceiving the tags are tilted up at an angle, allowing the same to fallby gravity down inclined chutes to positions whence the tags are fedforward to be held by magnets, which serve as driving-hammers, where-.by the spurs of the tags are driven into the plugs of tobacco.

A further part of the present invention resides in the provision ofmeans for holding the tags which have been raised out of the magazineand deposited in the slotted receiving-receptacle until the latter havebeen rocked or tilted to such positions that the lower ends of thereceptacles will register with the upper ends of chutes, down which thetags are allowed to fall by gravity after retaining members have beenthrown out of the paths of the tags.

My invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which,with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a partofthis.application, and in which drawings Serial No. 708,863. (Nomodel.)

similar letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalviews, in which.

Figure 1 is an end elevation of my taggingmachine, showing the slottedtag-carrying receptacles tilted up in the position to feed tags into thechutes. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View on line 2 2 of Fig. 3, partsbeing broken away to better illustrate the construction of theinvention. Fig. 2 is a detail view of a tag which is of theconstruction. commonly used in tagging tobacco. Fig. 3 is a frontelevation of my improved taggingmachine, parts of the frame being shownin section, said view showing only two of the feedingtroughs and theirconnections, duplicate parts of the machine being omittedfor the purposeof relieving the view of complexity. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectionalview through the magazine made up of compartments and showing in sectionthe push-plates which carry up the tags and deposit the same into theslotted and tilting troughs, which convey the same to thefeeding-chutes. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view through a portion ofthe magazine and one of the compartments, showing a tag which has beenelevated by the pusher-plate and about to be deposited into the L-shapedslot *in the tilting tag-conveying member. Fig. 0 is a similar sectionalview showing the tag raised to its highest position with its face flatagainst the wall of the slotted member and from which position it dropsby gravity into the slot beneath. Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional viewthrough one of the magnet members, which is also used as adriving-hammer. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of one of the magnets andsocket carrying the same, the parts being shown as detached. Fig. 9 isan enlarged side elevation of one of the tilting slotted tagcarryingreceptacles shown in a position to feed the tags into the chute leadingto the magnet. Fig. 10 is an enlarged detail view of an attachment tothe tag-carrying receptaclc provided to prevent the tags from leavingthe end of the tag-carrying receptacle until the latter is raised to itshighestlimit, inwhich position said memberis automaticallyraised toallow the tags to drop by gravity into the chute below. Fig. 11 is adetail view, in side elevation, showing the attachment to the ma chineprovided. to throw out tags which become entangled and which would notfeed through the trough. Fig. 12 is a vertical sec tional view throughthe lower end of the feeding-chute and a magnet, said view showing inelevation the lower ends of the shoes which advance the tags to aposition underneath the magnet-driver. Fig. 13 is a top plan view of theupper end of one of the feeding-chutes; and Fig. 14: is a sectional viewthrough the lower end of the feeding-chute, showing one of thefeeding-shoes bearing against the tag, Which latter is shown with itsspurs extending through the slot in the chute.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter,Adesignates the frame of the machine, having an operating-shaft B withdriving-pulley B keyed thereto, and O isa second shaft mounted insuitable hearings in the frame and at right angles to shaft B. Keyed tosaid shaft 0 is a geared wheel 0,

having teeth meshing with the beveled gear-' wheel B. At the oppositeend of shaft 0 is keyed a wheel 0 with counterbalance-weighted portion 0and C is a wrist-pin carried by said wheel, to which pin is pivoted thepitman 0 made up of two sections with tu rn buckle connections, wherebythe length of the pitman may be lengthened or shortened to limit itsthrow.

A shaft D, mounted in hearings on the frame, has a crank D at one endadjacent to said wheel. 0 which crank is pivoted to the end of thewrist-pin 0 whereby a rotary movement is imparted to said shaft D. Tothe shaft D is keyed or otherwise secured a cam D Mounted near theupperend of the frame ofthe machine is a magazine E with inclosed sidesand open top and bottom. The longitudinal ends of said magazine areinclined, as shown in the drawings. This magazine contains a series ofpartitions E, disposed in directions parallel to the ends of themagazine, thus forming a series of compartments with inclinedlongitudinal walls, each of which compartments is divided by inclinedpartitions E Fig. 4, which at their upperends are integral with orsecured to the under faces of the partitions E and have their loweredges free, with slight spaces intervening between said free edges andthe upper faces of the partitions E.

E is a block having apertured ears E to which the upper end of thepitman C is pivoted, and secured to said block is a series of slidingpush-plates E disposed'at angles corresponding to the inclinations ofthe partitions E in the magazine. These plates E are of such a width asto snugly fit in the spaces between the lower free ends of thepartitions E and E, and when said plates are at their lowest limit theirupper edges are slight distances below the lower ends of the partitionsE \Vhen the plates are at their upper or highest limit, their edgesextend a slight distance above the upper edges of the partitions E, fora purpose which will hereinafter appear. The under inclined surface ofeach plate E is designed to slide against the upper inclined face of apartition E. Each of said push-plates at its upper edge has a recessedportion E extending the entire length of the plate, which recesses areprovided to receive the tags from the compartments of the magazine andraise the tags to positions from which they are deposited in the slottedand tilting tag-carrying receptacles. It will be noted that the upperedges of the partitions E are preferably at acute angles to the upperinclined faces of said partitions, so as to allow the faces of thetilting tag-receiving receptacles to come into contact with said edgeswhen in positions to receive the 'tags.

Mounted in bearings F, at the upper end of the frame of the machine, isa rock-shaft F, to one end of which shaft is keyed a crank F having alongitudinal adjusting-slot F in which slot the pin F works as the bar Fcar rying said pin, moves longitudinally. This bar F has an elongatedslot F near its up per end, in which said pin F may be adjusted.

The bar F has, preferably, an elongated slot F Fig. l, in which isdisposed a bolt F carried by the frame and provided to guide the saidbarin its longitudinal movements. At the lower end of the bar F is mountedan antifriction-wheel F which rides on the circumference of the cam Dthus raising and lowering the bar F as the cam turns with its shaft D.Secured to the rock-shaft F are a series of slotted receptacles'H, whichare in horizontal positions when at their lowest limits and are1'nclined,as shown plainly in Fig. 1 of the drawings, when at theirhighestlimits, which latterpositions said receptacles assu me whendepositing the tags into the feeding-chutes. These receptacles H havethe slots I-I therein extending their entire length and are L-shaped incrosssection, as plainly seen in Figs. 4, 5, and 6 of the drawings. Theupper edges of the walls of the receptacles are inwardly and downwardlybeveled, as at h, and the outer faces of the walls of the receptacles,having the inclined upper edges, as described, are designed to fitsnugly against the beveled portions of the partitions E when thereceptacles are at their lowest limit or in positions to receive thetags from the magazine. When in this position, the upper beveled edges hare about flush with the upper edges of the partitions ,E, so as toallow the tags which are elevated by the push-plates to fall down in theslots in said receptacles. The fixed ends of the receptacles H extend aslight distance in front of the rock-shaft F and cover the slots in thereceptacles. Near their fixed ends are the plates [1 secured at theirupper angled edges to the upper edges of the receptacles, and the outerends of said plates H are downwardly and outwardly inclined, as shown atH Slight spaces intervene between the lower edges of said plates and theupper inclined edges of theshort walls of the receptacles, said spacesbeing of easyrce" a sufficient width to allow the spurs of the tags topass through in their course to the feedingc'hutes. These plates areprovided to retain the tags in the slots when the receptacles are tiltedup.

Pivoted to each of the receptacles is a bar H (an enlarged detail viewof which is shown in Fig. 10 of the drawings,) there being only one ofthese bars illustrated in the drawings, said bar being pivoted at H andthe outer end of said bar is fastened on its upper edge to a bar H andhas an angled projection H the lower angled end of which projectionextends below the under edges of the plates H for the purpose ofpreventing the tags from falling out of the slotted receptacle until thelatter nearly reaches its upper limit or in approximate position toallow the tags to fall into the chute I, the upper end of which is openand adjacent to the fixed end of said receptacle. Each of these chuteshas a slot 1" to receive the spurs of the tags as they fall by gravityfrom the ends of the receptacles into the upper ends of said chutes. Inorder to allow the tags to leave the receptacles and be fed into thechutes, the bar H when the receptacles rock to their highest limit willstrike against the guide-plates 1 which plates are cut away or recessedon their edges, as at 1 These guide-plates are provided to guide thetags as they leave the receptacles and enter the upper ends of thechutes I. It will be noted from the foregoing, when taken in connectionwith the drawings, that as the slotted receptacles approach theirhighest limit the bar H will strike the shoul-' ders on the plates 1 andcause the bars H to be raised, so that the angled ends I-l thereof willbe raised out of the paths of the spurs of the tags, thus allowing thelatter to readily fall into the chutes, through which they are conveyedto positions whence they are driven into the plugs of tobacco. Thesechutes are bent in a compound curve, as shown, so that the tags willturn from edge to horizontal or flat positions'with spurs downwardlydisposed when they reach their lowest position at the outlet ends of thechutes.

Pivoted to the opposite walls of the magazine are a series ofrock-shafts J, to each of which is secured a plate J. All of said plateshave their forward ends, or the ends adjacent to the fixed ends of thetag-carrying receptacles, contracted, as at J and the upper margin ofeach of said plates is formed in a concavo-convex outline, asillustrated clearly in Figs. 9 and 11 of the drawings. The upper edgesof the plates J each extend above the upper edges of the slottedtag-carrying receptacles 1-1 when the latter are in horizontal positionsor in positions to receive the tags from themagazine. It will beobserved upon examination of Fig. 9 of the drawings that when thereceptacles H are at their highest limit the contracted end J 2 of eachplate J is held underneath the inner and upper end of the plate H and inreadiness to engage with the spurs of tags which may become entangledand refuse to slide through the space intervening between the lower edgeof the plate H and the upper angled edge of the short wall of thereceptacle. As the receptacles return'to their starting or horizontalpositions, it will be noted that the plates J, the upper free edges ofwhich rest against the sides of the receptacles, will catch against thespurs of the tags which are interlocked and remove said entangled tags,the latter being forced out of the slot and up the curved edge of eachplate J, and after the upper edge of each receptacle passes beneath theupper edge of the plate J the tag will fall down over the receptacle andinto the compartment of the magazine behind said receptacle.

Mounted on the brackets K of the frame is a shelf K, which supports thespring-actuated posts K the lower ends of which work in the sockets K onthe shelf K. Secured to said sockets K is'a cross-bar K to which bar orcross-piece are secured the lower ends of the chutes I, each of thesechutes being recessed away, as shown at I, in which recesses the postsparrying the feeding-shoes work.

Mounted on the cross-piece L, which is apertured and carried on theposts K are the antifriction-rollers L,=-journaled on shafts in the lugsL and interposed between the under side of said cross-piece and theupper ends of the sockets K are the springs K which are provided to holdthe said cross piece or bar L normally at its highest limit or in theposition shown clearlyin Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. Mounted in saidcross piece or bar L at locations opposite the ends of the chutes arethe magnets M, enlarged detail views of which are shown in Figs. 7 and 8of the drawings. These magnets, which also serve as driving-hammers,have their upper ends contracted, as at M, and fit into sockets in thelower ends of the chucks. N, being held in place therein by means ofsetscrews M Mounted in the sockets N, which are integral with thecross-piece L, are the chucks N, which have contracted portionsextending through the upper ends of said sockets N and held in place bynuts N. Interposed between the shouldered portion of said chuck and theupper end of each socket N is a coiled spring N, which is provided toallow the magnet M, which is secured by means of a screw M in the lowerrecessed end of the chuck, to yield when the thickness of the plugs oftobacco being stamped varies. In order to prevent the chuck carrying themagnet from rotating, a pin N which is carried by the cross-piece L',passes through an elongated aperture N as clearly illustrated in Fig. 7of the drawings. The end of each of said magnets is disposed adjacent tothe lower end of a chute I and over an aperture K therein and inpositions to receive and hold the tags which are fed underneath themagnets and to drive the tags into the plug of tobacco which has beenpreviously fedunderneath the magnets.

Mounted on the upper ends of the posts K is a cross-piece Q, which hasdownwardlyprojecting lugs Q, between which the antifriction-rollers Qare journaled, and directly underneath said antifrictionn'ollers Q arethe rollers L, mounted between upwardly-projecting lugs L integral withthe cross-piece L, and between these antifriction-rollers, at the endsof said'cross-pieces L and Q, the arms R of the mechanism for depressingthe magnet drivers are designed to pass and contact with said rollers.

The mechanism for feeding forward the tags from positions near the lowerends of the chutes to positions underneath the magnets comprises theshaft S, which is mounted in the brackets S, carried by the cross-pieceQ, as shown clearly in Fig. 2 pf. the drawings. Said shaft S hasintegral therewith or attached thereto plates S carrying bolts S whichare held in elongated slots S in the links S there being one link foreach chute. Pivoted to the outer ends of each of said links S is a linkS, which has an elongated slot S in which is mounted a pin or bolt Scarried by the shank of the feeding member S, which has at its lower enda rubber shoe S (Shown in enlarged detail view in Fig. 12 of thedrawings.) For operating the shaft S a crank '1 is provided, which has apin T adjustably held in an elongated slot in said crank and mounted onthe pitman T which is actuated by an eccentric T mounted on a shaft T,which is operatedby belted connection T v with the pulley T said pulleyderiving its power from a pulley T mounted on the shaft 13, whichcarries the main operating-pulley.

Securely held to any of the chutes, preferably the outside ones, are thebracket members V, which have notches V and serve the purpose of cams tocause the feeding members S to be slightly raised on the return movementof the shoes after a tag has been fed forward by the shoe pushingagainst the upper surface of the tag. Secured to the rear edges of thefeeding members S S is a crosspiece W, which is located slightly abovethe lower edges of the stationary brackets V, the ends of said stripbeing adapted to strike the forwardly and downwardly inclined ends ofsaid'brackets V on the return movement of the feeding members to engagewith the following tags. As the said strip W is drawn back it strikesagainst the saidinclined ends of the brackets V and raises said strip aslight distance and allows the cross-piece W to drop to its normalposition after the ends of said cross-piece have passed through thenotches V in the brackets. This raising of the feeding-shoes is toprevent their coming in contact with the tags only when the tag is beingfed forward.

Mounted on the shelf K and working in suitable guides is. thefeeding-plunger U, to

the opposite ends of which the arms R are connected, as shown at U. Forreciprocating the plunger a pitman X is provided,which is j'ournaled toa projection X on the feedingplunger and has pivotal connection with awrist-pin X carried by the crank X which crank is keyed to the shaft TThe free ends of the arms B have shouldered portions R,- which as thefeeding-plunger is drawn forward strike against the antifriction-rollersL and cause the cross-piece L, carrying the magnet-drivers,- to beforced down in the act of driving the tags in the plug of tobacco; whichhas been previously fed forward to a position underneath the magnets.

in order to prevent the tags being fed too far forward, said screws Yare provided,which are mounted in the ends of the chutes and againstwhich the tags strike when being advanced to positions underneath themagnetdrivers. Mounted on the shelf K at a location adjacent to the endsof the feedingchutes is a vertical hopper Z, open at its ends anddesigned to receive the plugs of tobacco piled on one another. The lowerend of said hopper is elevated a slight distance above the block onwhich the feeding-plunger works,

preferably at a distance equal to the width of the plug of. tobacco. Inorder to hold the feeding-shoes against the tags being fed forwardthereby, springs Q are provided, which are secured to the cross-piece Qat their upper ends and their lower ends held yieldingly against theforward edges of the feeding members S.

The operation of my invention will be readily understood when consideredin connection with the drawings forming a part of this application andis as follows: The magazine, made up of compartments, one being filled,or partially so, with tags thrown in promiscuously, power is applied tothe machine, and the pitman C driving the pusher-plates through thecompartments, will elevate the tags which happen to catch in therecesses E and will raise the same to the upper edges of the partitionsE, and in the further upward movement of said pusher-plates the tagswill be pushed farther upward until their upper edges strike the facesof the elongated walls of the feeding-receptacles, as shown in Fig. 5 ofthe drawings, and when the pusher-plates are advanced upward a slightdistance farther the tags, which are held in the position shown in Fig.5, are caused to be forced to rest flat against the walls of thereceptacles, as shown clearly in Fig. 6 of the drawings, and on thereturn movement of the pusher-plates the tags fall into the slots in thereceiving-receptacles and are thereby ready to be fed into the chutesleading to the driving-magnets. After the pusher-plates have depositedthe tags in the slotted receptacles and begin to return to theirstarting positions the cam-wheel D will cause the bar F which hasconnection with the shaft F through the crank F to rise, rocking theshaft F and with it the slotted tagreceiving receptacles H, and when thecam has reached its highest limit the receptacles Hwill assume theposition shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, in which position their lowerends register with the upper ends of the chutes I. In order to preventthe tags from falling out of the lower ends of the receptacles whilebeing tilted up to registering positions with the chutes, the angledends H of the bars H are disposed in the paths of the spurs on saidtags, and as the cross-piece II contacts with the shoulders I on theplates 1 said angled ends H are raised out of the paths of the spurs andthe tags allowed to fall down through the chutes, changing theirpositions so that their faces having the spurs will be downwardlydisposed. Should it happen that any of the tags should become entangledor locked together, as shown in dotted lines in Figs. 9 and 11 of thedrawings, which would prevent said tags from sliding down through thereceptacle to the chutes, said tags which are locked together will beautomatically thrown out of the receptacles by means of the plates J,having their upper edges downwardly curved, as shown, coming in contactwith the spurs on the tags and pushing said tags completely out of theslots, allowing them to fall back into the compartments of the magazine.At each rotation of the shaft '1 the crank T is rocked, which throughits connections with the feeding members causes the latter to bedepressed against and feed forward the tags in the chutes to positionsunderneath the magnet-drivers, and on the return movement of the feedingmembers to their starting positions after having fed forword the tagsthe cross-piece l/V, securedto said feeding members, will contactagainst the inclined faces of the brackets V, which will cause the lowerends of the feeding members to be slightly elevated while they are beingdrawn back, and after the ends of the cross-piece are raised a slightdistance their ends are allowed to pass through the notches V in saidbrackets, and the feeding-shoes are then forced down, on the next tagsto be fed forward, by means of the springs Q At each rotation of thewheel T which has a crank X mounted thereon, the arms R are drawnforward by pitman X after the tags have been fed to the position to bedriven into the plugs of tobacco, and the shouldered portions R,striking against the antifriction-wheels L, will cause themagnet-drivers to force the tags down into the plugs of tobacco whichhave been previously fed underneath the magnets by means of the plungerU, which plunger is connected with said arms R and drawn by the pitmanX. As the plugs of tobacco are tagged they are pushed by a succeedingplug and drop over the edge of the block on which they rest when beingtagged and may be caught in any suitable receptacle or may fall on anendless carrier and be conveyed away from the m achine.

. Having thus described my invention, what I claim to be new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is v l. A machine for tagging plug-tobacco,comprising a magazine, and push-plates working therein,tiltin gtag-carrying receptacles for receiving the tags from said magazine,chutes through which the tags are fed to a location adjacent to theplugs of tobacco and means for operating the machine, as set forth.

2. A machine for tagging plug-tobacco,comprising a magazine andpush-plates working therein, tilting tagreceiving receptacles forreceiving the tags from said magazine, chutes with which saidreceptacles are made to register when the latter are tilted to theirhighest limit, and means for attaching the tag and for operating themachine, as set forth.

A machine for tagging plug-tobacco,comprising a magazine, andpush-plates working therein, tilting tag-carryin g receptacles forreceiving the tags from said magazine, chutes through which the tags arefed, driving-l1ammers and means for operating the machine, as set forth.

4:. A machine for tagging plug-tobacco,comprising a magazine andpush-plates working therein, tilting tag-receiving receptacles forreceiving the tags from said magazine, chutes with which saidreceptacles are made to register when the latter are tilted to theirhighest limit, driving-hammers and means for operating the machine, asset forth.

5. A machine for tagging plug-tobacco,comprising the magazine andpush-plates working therein, tilting tag-receiving receptacles intowhich the tags fall from said push-plates, feeding-chutes into which thetags slide, as the receptacles carrying same are tilted up to theirhighest limit, hammers for driving the tags and means for operating themachine, as set forth.

6. A machine for tagging plug-tobacco,comprising a magazine andpush-plates working therein, slotted and tilting tag-carryingreceptacles into which the tags are fed from said magazine, chutes withwhich said receptacles register when the latter are tilted to theirhighest limit, mechanism for preventing the tags leaving the receptaclewhile being tilted and means for operating the machine, as set forth.

7. Amachine fortaggingplug-tobacco,comprising a magazine withpush-plates working therein, slotted and tilting tag-carryin greceptacles which are disposed in horizontal positions when receivingthe tags from the magazine, chutes with which the ends of saidreceptacles register when tilted up to their highest limit, pivotedmembers carried by the receptacles for preventing the tags from leavingthe latter while being tilted up, said members being automaticallythrown out of the paths of the tags when said receptacles and chutes arebrought into registration, the drivinghammers and means for operatingthe machine, combined as set forth. I

8. A machine for tagging plug-tobacco com prising a magazine,push-platesworking therein, tilting slotted tag-receiving receptacles designed tobe held in horizontal positions to receive the tags from the magazine,plates disposed over the upper edges of said receptacles at their fixedends, the pivoted members for preventing the tags leaving the slots ofthe receptacles, while the latter are being tilted-to their highestlimit, the slotted chutes with which the ends of the receptacles arebrought into registration, said pivoted members striking againstshoulders on the chutes, and allowing the tagsto slide into the chutes,the driving-hammers and means for operating the machine, combined as setforth.

9. A machine for tagging plug-tobacco,comprising the magazine made up ofa series of compartments with inclined walls, dividingpartitionsin eachof said compartments, pushplates working between the free edges of saidpartitions and the upper inclined faces of thecompartment-walls,combined with the tilting slotted tag-receivingreceptacles held in horizontal positions and adjacent to the upper endsof the receptacles to receive the tags as they are raised by thepush-plates, the chutes and driving-hammers and means for operating themachine as set forth.

10. A machine for tagging plug-tobacco comprising the magazine made upof compartments with inclined walls between one another, pnsh-platesworking in said compartments the lower ends of said compartments beinginclined with their lower edges free, leaving slight spaces betweenwhich edges and the upper inclined faces of the compartment-walls, thepush-plates work, said push-plates being recessed away on their underfaces near their upper edges,combined with the tilting slottedtag-carrying receptacles which are held in horizontal positions and incontact with the upper beveled edges of the inclined compartment-walls,to receive the tags, the chutes and driving mechanism and means foroperating the machine, as set forth.

11. A tagging-machine, consisting of the .magazine made up of a seriesof compartments with inclined walls between the same, there being spacesintervening between the lower free edges of the bottoms of thecompartments and the upper inclined faces of the divisionwalls, combinedwith the push-plates working in said spaces, the under faces of thepushplates, near their u pper edges, being recessed, the tiltingtag-receiving receptacles L-shaped in cross-section designed to be heldin horizontal positions with their short walls having beveled edges,heldin contact with the beveled upper edges of the inclinedcompartmentwalls, the tags being adapted to be raised by the recessedportions of the push-plates, until the faces of said tags strike againstthe inner and wide walls of the tag-receptacles, from which positionsthey fall and are caught on the beveled edges of the receptacles, andthe chute and driving mechanism and means for operating same as setforth.

12. In a machine for tagging plug-tobacco, the combination with themagazine, pushplates and slotted tilting receptacles as set forth, ofthe pivoted plates J carried by the magazines, the upper free edges ofsaid plates being adapted to normally rest against said receptacles, and as the latter return from their tilted positions, to horizontalpositions, to catch against the spurs of entangled or defective spurswhich may become clogged in said receptacles and remove the tags fromthe latter, substantially as described.

13. In a machine for tagging plug-tobacco, the combination with themagazine, the tilting tag-carrying receptacles communicating therewithand means for operating same, of the plates pivoted to the magazine,which plates have their ends which are adjacent to the outlet ends ofthe receptacles, contracted and extending over the end of the magazine,the upper margins of the edges of said plates being curved, as shown.

14. In a machine for tagging plug-tobacco, the combination with thechutes, of the driving-hammers the feeding-shoes working in apertures insaid chutes, whereby the tags are fed into positions adjacent to thedrivinghammers, as set forth.

15. In a machine for tagging plug-tobacco, the yielding magnet-hammers,a spring-actm ated rack carrying said hammers, feedingshoes foradvancing the tags to positions adjacent to the plugs of tobacco, andmeans for operating said rack and for actuating the feeding-shoes, asset forth. 7

16. In a machine for tagging plug-tobacco, the magnet-hammers, aspring-actuated rack carrying the same, a reciprocating plug-feedingplunger, arms carried by the latter which depress said rack and meansfor operating the plunger, combined as set forth.

17. In a machine for tagging plug-tobacco, the spring-actuated rackhaving a series of inverted sockets thereon, spring-actuated chucksworkingin said sockets, magnet-hammers carried by said chucks, and meansfor depressing the rack, combined as set forth.

18. In a machine for tagging plug-tobacco, the spring-actuated rackmounted on vertical posts, yielding magnet-hammers carried by said rack,combined with the reciprocating plug-feedin g plunger, the upwardly andrearwardly bent arms connected to said plunger and having shoulderedends designed to strike against and depress said rack, and means foroperating the plunger, as set forth.

19. In a machine for tagging tobacco, the slotted chute, thefeeding-shoe working in an aperture in said chute, and adapted tocontact with and to push a tag forward, and to be raised out of contactwith the following tag on the backward movement of said shoe to itsstarting position, and means for operating the shoe, as set forth.

20. In a machine fortagging plug-tobacco, the feeding-ch11 tes, therock-shaft and means for rocking same feeding'slioes which are acpiececonnecting said feeding members, combined with the notched andinclinedbrackets against which the ends of said cross-piece strike on therearward movement of the shoes, whereby the latter are raised fromcontact with the tags, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 20 in presence of twoWitnesses.

JENETTA VALENIINE BOHANNAN. l/Vitnesses:

A. L. HOU-GH, FRANKLIN H. Hones.-

